Arts & culture in San Mateo
37 places, local favorites first.
Sort: Local favorites · A to Z
Myriad Music School & Dance Academy
Theaters and performance venues · 2250 Palm Ave
Magic Mountain Picnic Area 9
Arts and entertainment · 12 Airport Blvd.
San Mateo Performing Arts Center
Theaters and performance venues · 600 N Delaware St
Coyote Point Recreation Area.
Arts and entertainment · 1701 Coyote Point Dr
Peninsula School of the Arts
Theaters and performance venues · 1880 S Grant St
Freds Balloons 2013
Arts and entertainment · 27 Crystal Springs Rd Unit 13
Imagination City
Childrens museum · Hillsdale Shopping Center, 448 Hillsdale Shop Center
Ahs Halloween Restaurant Rm 142
Arts and entertainment · 900 Alameda de las Pulgas
On the map
Where these 37 places are in San Mateo.
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Some place details from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0), checked against the Census town line. Places added by neighbors go live once a second neighbor confirms them. Spot a mistake? Open the place and tap Edit mode.
How we sort and count
Each list puts neighbor favorites first (ratings and photos), then the most complete listings (a website, a phone number, a note), with local, independent spots ahead of national chains. Categories come from each place’s map category, so a café filed under “Shops” still shows up with the cafés. “A five-minute walk” is a quarter mile from the busiest spot on the map. Per-1,000 figures use the Census population.